Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…

The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.

Bernard Bernards onderzoekt beperkingen op innovatie door te focussen op cognitieve onzekerheid als toestand die innovatief werkgedrag kan beïnvloeden.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

Factoren van invloed op arbeidsparticipatie onder mensen met multiple sclerose

What is the best way to combine the environmental and economic data and how can we create an operational system to do so, thereby supporting the delivery of data to the Data centres on Products and Resources?

De afdeling richt zich op het verbeteren van het wetenschappelijk begrip in de relatie tussen mens en natuur. Hoe beïnvloedt menselijk handelen (via bijvoorbeeld klimaatverandering, landgebruiksverandering en de emissie van mogelijk toxische verbindingen) de natuur in het algemeen en de biodiversiteit…

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CREEA is a FP7 project on compiling and refining environmental and economic accounts. The project runs from April 2011 to March 2014.

Promotor: W.T. de Groot

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: L. Juurlink

Systems are called real-time systems, if the correctness of the system does not only depend on the correctness of the system output but also on whether the output is delivered on time.

Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.

Promotor: B. vd Water, T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: E.H.J. Danen

Promotor: H.J. van den Herik, B.R. Katzy, Co-promotor: K. Sailer

Acidobacteria is a widely distributed phylum but their functional roles in ecosystem processes are still largely elusive.

Op 24 april verdedigde Feby Kartikasari het proefschrift 'Mining and environmental protection in Indonesia: regulatory pitfalls'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door Adriaan Bedner en Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida.

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

Promotores: E. van Dijk, G.R. de Snoo. Co-promotor: H. Staats

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

With tomography it is possible to reconstruct the interior of an object without destroying.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

In this top-rated course, you will learn how the European Union prepares and decides on policy, and how policy is transferred to member states and implemented by various authorities. It discusses the challenges of the European multi-level governance structure and the main causes of policy failure or…

De afdeling Environmental Biology (CML-EB) houdt zich bezig met vraagstukken rondom biodiversiteit en natuurlijke hulpbronnen op het platteland in westerse en niet-westerse gebieden.

Hoe kan kinderparticipatie gedefinieerd worden, wat is het belang van participatie door kinderen en hoe kan participatie bevorderd worden?

How the global distribution of vegetation stands dominated by arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plants relate to principle aspects of belowground carbon accumulation processes?

The Role and Effectiveness of the G20. In dit artikel, gepubliceerd in The Changing Global Order onderdeel van the United Nations University Series on Regionalism book series, bespreekt auteur Jaroslaw Kantorowicz de evolutie van de G20.

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

Individuen die werken in de publieke sector zien zichzelf geconfronteerd worden met tegenstrijdige waarden, tegenstrijdige eisen en de noodzaak van het dienen van het soms moeilijk definieerbare publieke belang.

Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective. The combined use of analytical tools.

Op 23 maart 2023 verdedigde Weidong Zhang in Leiden zijn proefschrift over het bereiken van 'decent work' in China. Dit onderzoek analyseert in hoeverre China fatsoenlijk werk bereikt aan de hand van een casestudy over fatsoenlijke werktijden. Het woord 'bereiken' benadrukt dat China nog bezig is dit…

Fungal food spoilage often starts with a contamination with spores. Experimental data strongly indicate the existence of subpopulations of spores with different levels of resistance to preservation methods.

Does knowledge of environmental performance change farmer's behaviour?

Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability' laat zien hoe de eco-geologische creativiteit van de aarde verweven is met de landvormen, culturen en wereldvisies van moderne Himalayagemeenschappen. Het boek laat casestudies zien uit Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim,…

In this thesis, we aim to shed light on the diverse and often opposing roles of integrin α3β1 in cancer.

How to ensure the environmental and economic benefits of circularity transition at macro-scale?

Identification of the products or product groups that have the greatest environmental impact from a life-cycle perspective using environmentally extended input-output analysis.

Op 19 juni 2018 verdedigde Matthew Gillett zijn proefschrift ‘Prosecuting environmental harm before the international criminal court’. De promotoren is prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Promotor: F.S. de Boer Co-promotor: P. T. de Gouw

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

Op dinsdag 26 juni 2018 verdedigde Linlin Sun haar proefschrift ‘International Environmental Obligations and Liabilities in Deep Seabed Mining’. Het onderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere.

Promotor: Johan Kuiper, Co-promotor: Saskia C.A. de Jager

Review of new technical decisionsupport systems in the environmental field, and application in water management decission processes.

Autopaghy is an intracellular degradation system which targets cytosolic components to lytic compartments for degradation and recycling of the building blocks of the cell.

How does governing work today, and how does society handle pressing challenges in ways that are democratic, effective, fair, peaceful, and sustainable?

De auteurs vergelijken aannames over het normatieve nut van de term 'milieuvluchteling' met empirische bewijs van die term anders dan 'milieumigrant'.